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The pet I’ll never forget: Bud, the parrot with a crisp addiction who was too fat to fly

When my husband and I adopted her, Bud had to go on a strict diet. Thankfully, she got healthy and became the diva everyone loves today Bud came into my life at the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020.

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